“Julie is one of the most outstanding higher educational professionals, I have met in my career. Moreover, the fact that she is a strong strategic, motivational, and caring individual, she has the remarkable ability to quickly identify institutional complexities and challenges and then collaborative build an aspiring and realistic action plan, secure commitment and alignment of stakeholders and ensure implementation in an extraordinary effective manner. Julie achieves this by simply asking the relevant and clear questions in an extremely gifted way, listening deeply, and by engage teams and stakeholders in defining shared values, missions, and goals by using her outstanding personal skills.In essence, Julie shines in leading and supporting institutions of higher education and their teams with the drive of becoming a well-developed leader herself.” Ryan Aiello, Dean of Students, Portland Community College Rockcreek